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Full Text of SB1004  98th General Assembly

SB1004ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 12/2/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1004

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1004 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Sections 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, and 14-5 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/14-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-1)
7    Sec. 14-1. Definitions Definition.
8    (a) Eavesdropping device.
9    An eavesdropping device is any device capable of being used
10to hear or record oral conversation or intercept, retain, or
11transcribe electronic communications whether such conversation
12or electronic communication is conducted in person, by
13telephone, or by any other means; Provided, however, that this
14definition shall not include devices used for the restoration
15of the deaf or hard-of-hearing to normal or partial hearing.
16    (b) Eavesdropper.

 

 

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1    An eavesdropper is any person, including any law
2enforcement officer and any party to a private conversation
3officers, who is a principal, as defined in this Article, or
4who operates or participates in the operation of any
5eavesdropping device contrary to the provisions of this Article
6or who acts as a principal, as defined in this Article.
7    (c) Principal.
8    A principal is any person who:
9        (1) Knowingly employs another who illegally uses an
10    eavesdropping device in the course of such employment; or
11        (2) Knowingly derives any benefit or information from
12    the illegal use of an eavesdropping device by another; or
13        (3) Directs another to use an eavesdropping device
14    illegally on his or her behalf.
15    (d) Private conversation Conversation.
16    For the purposes of this Article, "private the term
17conversation" means any oral communication between 2 or more
18persons, whether in person or transmitted between the parties
19by wire or other means, when regardless of whether one or more
20of the parties intended the their communication to be of a
21private nature under circumstances reasonably justifying that
22expectation. A reasonable expectation shall include any
23expectation recognized by law, including, but not limited to,
24an expectation derived from a privilege, immunity, or right
25established by common law, Supreme Court rule, or the Illinois
26or United States Constitution.

 

 

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1    (e) Private electronic Electronic communication.
2    For purposes of this Article, the term "private electronic
3communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writing,
4images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted
5in whole or part by a wire, radio, pager, computer,
6electromagnetic, photo electronic or photo optical system,
7when where the sending or and receiving party intends parties
8intend the electronic communication to be private under
9circumstances reasonably justifying that expectation. A
10reasonable expectation shall include any expectation
11recognized by law, including, but not limited to, an
12expectation derived from a privilege, immunity, or right
13established by common law, Supreme Court rule, or the Illinois
14or United States Constitution and the interception, recording,
15or transcription of the electronic communication is
16accomplished by a device in a surreptitious manner contrary to
17the provisions of this Article. Electronic communication does
18not include any communication from a tracking device.
19    (f) Bait car.
20    For purposes of this Article, "bait car" the term bait car
21means any motor vehicle that is not occupied by a law
22enforcement officer and is used by a law enforcement agency to
23deter, detect, identify, and assist in the apprehension of an
24auto theft suspect in the act of stealing a motor vehicle.
25    (g) Surreptitious.
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1obtained or made by stealth or deception, or executed through
2secrecy or concealment.
3(Source: P.A. 95-258, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
4    (720 ILCS 5/14-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-2)
5    Sec. 14-2. Elements of the offense; affirmative defense.
6    (a) A person commits eavesdropping when he or she knowingly
7and intentionally:
8        (1) Uses Knowingly and intentionally uses an
9    eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the
10    purpose of overhearing, transmitting, hearing or recording
11    all or any part of any private conversation to which he or
12    she is not a party or intercepts, retains, or transcribes
13    electronic communication unless he or she does so (A) with
14    the consent of all of the parties to the private such
15    conversation or electronic communication or (B) in
16    accordance with Article 108A or Article 108B of the "Code
17    of Criminal Procedure of 1963", approved August 14, 1963,
18    as amended; or
19        (2) Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious
20    manner, for the purpose of transmitting or recording all or
21    any part of any private conversation to which he or she is
22    a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all
23    other parties to the private conversation;
24        (3) Intercepts, records, or transcribes, in a
25    surreptitious manner, any private electronic communication

 

 

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1    to which he or she is not a party unless he or she does so
2    with the consent of all parties to the private electronic
3    communication;
4        (4) (2) Manufactures, assembles, distributes, or
5    possesses any electronic, mechanical, eavesdropping, or
6    other device knowing that or having reason to know that the
7    design of the device renders it primarily useful for the
8    purpose of the surreptitious overhearing, transmitting,
9    hearing or recording of private oral conversations or the
10    interception, retention, or transcription of private
11    electronic communications and the intended or actual use of
12    the device is contrary to the provisions of this Article;
13    or
14        (5) (3) Uses or discloses divulges, except as
15    authorized by this Article or by Article 108A or 108B of
16    the "Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963", approved August
17    14, 1963, as amended, any information which he or she knows
18    or reasonably should know was obtained from a private
19    conversation or private electronic communication in
20    violation of this Article, unless he or she does so with
21    the consent of all of the parties.
22    (a-5) It does not constitute a violation of this Article to
23surreptitiously use an eavesdropping device to overhear,
24transmit, or record a private conversation, or to
25surreptitiously intercept, record, or transcribe a private
26electronic communication, if the overhearing, transmitting,

 

 

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1recording, interception, or transcription is done in
2accordance with Article 108A or Article 108B of the Code of
3Criminal Procedure of 1963. through the use of an eavesdropping
4device.
5    (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge brought under
6this Article relating to the interception of a privileged
7communication that the person charged:
8        1. was a law enforcement officer acting pursuant to an
9    order of interception, entered pursuant to Section 108A-1
10    or 108B-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; and
11        2. at the time the communication was intercepted, the
12    officer was unaware that the communication was privileged;
13    and
14        3. stopped the interception within a reasonable time
15    after discovering that the communication was privileged;
16    and
17        4. did not disclose the contents of the communication.
18    (c) It is not unlawful for a manufacturer or a supplier of
19eavesdropping devices, or a provider of wire or electronic
20communication services, their agents, employees, contractors,
21or venders to manufacture, assemble, sell, or possess an
22eavesdropping device within the normal course of their business
23for purposes not contrary to this Article or for law
24enforcement officers and employees of the Illinois Department
25of Corrections to manufacture, assemble, purchase, or possess
26an eavesdropping device in preparation for or within the course

 

 

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1of their official duties.
2    (d) The interception, recording, or transcription of an
3electronic communication by an employee of a penal institution
4is not prohibited under this Act, provided that the
5interception, recording, or transcription is:
6        (1) otherwise legally permissible under Illinois law;
7        (2) conducted with the approval of the penal
8    institution for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a
9    State criminal law or a penal institution rule or
10    regulation with respect to inmates in the institution; and
11        (3) within the scope of the employee's official duties.
12    For the purposes of this subsection (d), "penal
13institution" has the meaning ascribed to it in clause (c)(1) of
14Section 31A-1.1.
15(Source: P.A. 94-183, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
16    (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
17    Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
18exempt from the provisions of this Article:
19    (a) Listening to radio, wireless electronic
20communications, and television communications of any sort
21where the same are publicly made;
22    (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of any
23common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course of their
24employment in the operation, maintenance or repair of the
25equipment of such common carrier by wire so long as no

 

 

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1information obtained thereby is used or divulged by the hearer;
2    (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise whether
3it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of later
4broadcasts of any function where the public is in attendance
5and the conversations are overheard incidental to the main
6purpose for which such broadcasts are then being made;
7    (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
8any emergency communication made in the normal course of
9operations by any federal, state or local law enforcement
10agency or institutions dealing in emergency services,
11including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, ambulance
12services, fire fighting agencies, any public utility,
13emergency repair facility, civilian defense establishment or
14military installation;
15    (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required to be
16open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
17    (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
18incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
19advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
20retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must be
21destroyed, erased or turned over to local law enforcement
22authorities within 24 hours from the time of such recording and
23shall not be otherwise disseminated. Failure on the part of the
24individual or business operating any such recording or
25listening device to comply with the requirements of this
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1conferred upon that individual or business by the operation of
2this Section;
3    (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of the
4county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the
5aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement
6officer, or any person acting at the direction of law
7enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented
8to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where
9the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the
10law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction
11of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a
12forcible felony, a felony offense of involuntary servitude,
13involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
14persons under Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
15prostitution, solicitation of a sexual act, or pandering, a
16felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a
17felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a felony
18violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
19Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or "gang-related"
20felony as those terms are defined in the Illinois Streetgang
21Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, or any felony offense
22involving any weapon listed in paragraphs (1) through (11) of
23subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code. Any recording or
24evidence derived as the result of this exemption shall be
25inadmissible in any proceeding, criminal, civil or
26administrative, except (i) where a party to the conversation

 

 

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1suffers great bodily injury or is killed during such
2conversation, or (ii) when used as direct impeachment of a
3witness concerning matters contained in the interception or
4recording. The Director of the Department of State Police shall
5issue regulations as are necessary concerning the use of
6devices, retention of tape recordings, and reports regarding
7their use;
8    (g-5) (Blank); With approval of the State's Attorney of the
9county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the
10aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement
11officer, or any person acting at the direction of law
12enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented
13to it being intercepted or recorded in the course of an
14investigation of any offense defined in Article 29D of this
15Code. In all such cases, an application for an order approving
16the previous or continuing use of an eavesdropping device must
17be made within 48 hours of the commencement of such use. In the
18absence of such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing
19use shall immediately terminate. The Director of State Police
20shall issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
21devices, retention of tape recordings, and reports regarding
22their use.
23    Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the course
24of an investigation of any offense defined in Article 29D of
25this Code shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
26Attorney General prosecuting any violation of Article 29D, be

 

 

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1reviewed in camera with notice to all parties present by the
2court presiding over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the
3court to be relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be
4admissible at the trial of the criminal case.
5    This subsection (g-5) is inoperative on and after January
61, 2005. No conversations recorded or monitored pursuant to
7this subsection (g-5) shall be inadmissible in a court of law
8by virtue of the repeal of this subsection (g-5) on January 1,
92005;
10    (g-6) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
11in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
12any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
13or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
14party to the conversation and has consented to it being
15intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
16involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
17minor, trafficking in persons, child pornography, aggravated
18child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, child
19abduction, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
20predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
21criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of the offense was at
22the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
23age, or criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in
24which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
25commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or aggravated
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1at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
2age. In all such cases, an application for an order approving
3the previous or continuing use of an eavesdropping device must
4be made within 48 hours of the commencement of such use. In the
5absence of such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing
6use shall immediately terminate. The Director of State Police
7shall issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
8devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding their
9use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the
10course of an investigation of involuntary servitude,
11involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, trafficking in
12persons, child pornography, aggravated child pornography,
13indecent solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a
14minor, sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal
15sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in
16which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
17commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or criminal
18sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which the victim of
19the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
20under 18 years of age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in
21which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
22commission of the offense under 18 years of age shall, upon
23motion of the State's Attorney or Attorney General prosecuting
24any case involving involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
25servitude of a minor, trafficking in persons, child
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1solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor,
2sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual
3assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which
4the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
5the offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
6force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was
7at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
8age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim
9of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
10under 18 years of age, be reviewed in camera with notice to all
11parties present by the court presiding over the criminal case,
12and, if ruled by the court to be relevant and otherwise
13admissible, it shall be admissible at the trial of the criminal
14case. Absent such a ruling, any such recording or evidence
15shall not be admissible at the trial of the criminal case;
16    (h) Recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
17in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation between a
18uniformed peace officer, who has identified his or her office,
19and a person in the presence of the peace officer whenever (i)
20an officer assigned a patrol vehicle is conducting an
21enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle emergency lights are
22activated or would otherwise be activated if not for the need
23to conceal the presence of law enforcement.
24    For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement stop"
25means an action by a law enforcement officer in relation to
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1limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian stops, abandoned vehicle
2contacts, motorist assists, commercial motor vehicle stops,
3roadside safety checks, requests for identification, or
4responses to requests for emergency assistance;
5    (h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while in
6the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an occupant
7of a police vehicle including, but not limited to, (i)
8recordings made simultaneously with the use of an in-car video
9camera and (ii) recordings made in the presence of the peace
10officer utilizing video or audio systems, or both, authorized
11by the law enforcement agency;
12    (h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video camera
13recording during the use of a taser or similar weapon or device
14by a peace officer if the weapon or device is equipped with
15such camera;
16    (h-15) Recordings made under subsection (h), (h-5), or
17(h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that
18employs the peace officer who made the recordings for a storage
19period of 90 days, unless the recordings are made as a part of
20an arrest or the recordings are deemed evidence in any
21criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding and then the
22recordings must only be destroyed upon a final disposition and
23an order from the court. Under no circumstances shall any
24recording be altered or erased prior to the expiration of the
25designated storage period. Upon completion of the storage
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1operational use;
2    (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the request
3of a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent of a law
4enforcement officer, who is a party to the conversation, under
5reasonable suspicion that another party to the conversation is
6committing, is about to commit, or has committed a criminal
7offense against the person or a member of his or her immediate
8household, and there is reason to believe that evidence of the
9criminal offense may be obtained by the recording;
10    (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either (1)
11a corporation or other business entity engaged in marketing or
12opinion research or (2) a corporation or other business entity
13engaged in telephone solicitation, as defined in this
14subsection, to record or listen to oral telephone solicitation
15conversations or marketing or opinion research conversations
16by an employee of the corporation or other business entity
17when:
18        (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of service
19    quality control of marketing or opinion research or
20    telephone solicitation, the education or training of
21    employees or contractors engaged in marketing or opinion
22    research or telephone solicitation, or internal research
23    related to marketing or opinion research or telephone
24    solicitation; and
25        (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
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1    opinion research conversation or telephone solicitation
2    conversation being monitored.
3    No communication or conversation or any part, portion, or
4aspect of the communication or conversation made, acquired, or
5obtained, directly or indirectly, under this exemption (j), may
6be, directly or indirectly, furnished to any law enforcement
7officer, agency, or official for any purpose or used in any
8inquiry or investigation, or used, directly or indirectly, in
9any administrative, judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged
10to any third party.
11    When recording or listening authorized by this subsection
12(j) on telephone lines used for marketing or opinion research
13or telephone solicitation purposes results in recording or
14listening to a conversation that does not relate to marketing
15or opinion research or telephone solicitation; the person
16recording or listening shall, immediately upon determining
17that the conversation does not relate to marketing or opinion
18research or telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
19listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
20practicable.
21    Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
22telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
23provide current and prospective employees with notice that the
24monitoring or recordings may occur during the course of their
25employment. The notice shall include prominent signage
26notification within the workplace.

 

 

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1    Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
2telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
3provide their employees or agents with access to personal-only
4telephone lines which may be pay telephones, that are not
5subject to telephone monitoring or telephone recording.
6    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
7solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
8telephone by live operators:
9        (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
10        (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
11    services;
12        (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services; or
13        (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration, or
14    collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
15    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
16opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
17interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer engaged by
18a corporation or other business entity whose principal business
19is the design, conduct, and analysis of polls and surveys
20measuring the opinions, attitudes, and responses of
21respondents toward products and services, or social or
22political issues, or both;
23    (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited to, a
24motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
25recording, made of a custodial interrogation of an individual
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1enforcement officer under Section 5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court
2Act of 1987 or Section 103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal
3Procedure of 1963;
4    (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person when
5the person knows that the interview is being conducted by a law
6enforcement officer or prosecutor and the interview takes place
7at a police station that is currently participating in the
8Custodial Interview Pilot Program established under the
9Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act;
10    (m) An electronic recording, including but not limited to,
11a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
12recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the
13school bus is being used in the transportation of students to
14and from school and school-sponsored activities, when the
15school board has adopted a policy authorizing such recording,
16notice of such recording policy is included in student
17handbooks and other documents including the policies of the
18school, notice of the policy regarding recording is provided to
19parents of students, and notice of such recording is clearly
20posted on the door of and inside the school bus.
21    Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall be
22confidential records and may only be used by school officials
23(or their designees) and law enforcement personnel for
24investigations, school disciplinary actions and hearings,
25proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and criminal
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1school bus;
2    (n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission from a
3microphone placed by a person under the authority of a law
4enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance vehicle while
5simultaneously capturing a photographic or video image;
6    (o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
7during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
8enforcement officer or individual acting on behalf of a law
9enforcement officer when the use of such device is necessary to
10protect the safety of the general public, hostages, or law
11enforcement officers or anyone acting on their behalf;
12    (p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
13incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
14advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline", but only
15where the notice of recording is given at the beginning of each
16call as required by Section 34-21.8 of the School Code. The
17recordings may be retained only by the Chicago Police
18Department or other law enforcement authorities, and shall not
19be otherwise retained or disseminated;
20    (q)(1) With prior request to and written or verbal approval
21of the State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation
22is anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
23an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law
24enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a
25law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has
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1the course of an investigation of a qualified drug offense. The
2State's Attorney may grant this verbal approval only after
3determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that
4inculpatory conversations concerning a qualified drug offense
5will occur with be committed by a specified individual or
6individuals within a designated period of time.
7    (2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception contained
8in this subsection (q), a law enforcement officer shall make a
9written or verbal request for approval to the appropriate
10State's Attorney. The request may be written or verbal;
11however, a written memorialization of the request must be made
12by the State's Attorney. This request for approval shall
13include whatever information is deemed necessary by the State's
14Attorney but shall include, at a minimum, the following
15information about each specified individual whom the law
16enforcement officer believes will commit a qualified drug
17offense:
18        (A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or alias;
19        (B) a physical description; or
20        (C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph (2),
21    any other supporting information known to the law
22    enforcement officer at the time of the request that gives
23    rise to reasonable cause to believe that the specified
24    individual will participate in an inculpatory conversation
25    concerning a qualified commit a drug offense.
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1approval by the State's Attorney under this subsection (q)
2shall be limited to:
3        (A) a recording or interception conducted by a
4    specified law enforcement officer or person acting at the
5    direction of a law enforcement officer;
6        (B) recording or intercepting conversations with the
7    individuals specified in the request for approval,
8    provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
9    include the recording or intercepting of conversations
10    with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
11    officer at the time of the request for approval, who are
12    acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators with the
13    individuals specified in the request for approval in the
14    commission of a qualified drug offense;
15        (C) a reasonable period of time but in no event longer
16    than 24 consecutive hours; .
17        (D) the written request for approval, if applicable, or
18    the written memorialization must be filed, along with the
19    written approval, with the circuit clerk of the
20    jurisdiction on the next business day following the
21    expiration of the authorized period of time, and shall be
22    subject to review by the Chief Judge or his or her designee
23    as deemed appropriate by the court.
24    (3.5) The written memorialization of the request for
25approval and the written approval by the State's Attorney may
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1so long as it is capable of being filed with the circuit clerk.
2    (3.10) Beginning March 1, 2015, each State's Attorney shall
3annually submit a report to the General Assembly disclosing:
4        (A) the number of requests for each qualified offense
5    for approval under this subsection; and
6        (B) the number of approvals for each qualified offense
7    given by the State's Attorney.
8    (4) Admissibility of evidence. No part of the contents of
9any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has been
10recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception may be
11received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding
12in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer,
13agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other
14authority of this State, or a political subdivision of the
15State, other than in a prosecution of:
16        (A) the qualified a drug offense for which approval was
17    given to record or intercept a conversation under this
18    subsection (q);
19        (B) a forcible felony committed directly in the course
20    of the investigation of the qualified a drug offense for
21    which verbal approval was given to record or intercept a
22    conversation under this subsection (q); or
23        (C) any other forcible felony committed while the
24    recording or interception was approved in accordance with
25    this subsection Section (q), but for this specific category
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1    person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer
2    who has consented to the conversation being intercepted or
3    recorded suffers great bodily injury or is killed during
4    the commission of the charged forcible felony.
5    (5) Compliance with the provisions of this subsection is a
6prerequisite to the admissibility in evidence of any part of
7the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication that
8has been intercepted as a result of this exception, but nothing
9in this subsection shall be deemed to prevent a court from
10otherwise excluding the evidence on any other ground recognized
11by State or federal law, nor shall anything in this subsection
12be deemed to prevent a court from independently reviewing the
13admissibility of the evidence for compliance with the Fourth
14Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or with Article I, Section 6
15of the Illinois Constitution.
16    (6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to qualified
17drug offenses. Whenever any private conversation or private
18electronic wire, electronic, or oral communication has been
19recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception that is
20not related to an offense for which the recording or intercept
21is admissible under paragraph (4) of this subsection (q) a drug
22offense or a forcible felony committed in the course of a drug
23offense, no part of the contents of the communication and
24evidence derived from the communication may be received in
25evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or
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1regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of
2this State, or a political subdivision of the State, nor may it
3be publicly disclosed in any way.
4    (6.5) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules as
5are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
6recordings, and reports regarding their use under this
7subsection (q).
8    (7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection (q)
9only:
10        "Drug offense" includes and is limited to a felony
11    violation of one of the following: (A) the Illinois
12    Controlled Substances Act, (B) the Cannabis Control Act,
13    and (C) the Methamphetamine Control and Community
14    Protection Act.
15        "Forcible felony" includes and is limited to those
16    offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
17    1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
18    97th General Assembly, and only as those offenses have been
19    defined by law or judicial interpretation as of that date.
20        "Qualified offense" means and is limited to:
21            (A) a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act,
22        the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the
23        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
24        except for violations of:
25                (i) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act;
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1            Substances Act; and
2                (iii) Section 60 of the Methamphetamine
3            Control and Community Protection Act; and
4            (B) first degree murder, solicitation of murder
5        for hire, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
6        criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual
7        assault, aggravated arson, kidnapping, aggravated
8        kidnapping, child abduction, trafficking in persons,
9        involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of
10        a minor, or gunrunning.
11        "State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
12    State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
13    designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
14    approval to record or intercept conversations under this
15    subsection (q).
16    (8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and after
17January 1, 2018 2015. No conversations intercepted pursuant to
18this subsection (q), while operative, shall be inadmissible in
19a court of law by virtue of the inoperability of this
20subsection (q) on January 1, 2018 2015 .
21    (9) Recordings, records, and custody. Any private
22conversation or private electronic communication intercepted
23by a law enforcement officer or a person acting at the
24direction of law enforcement shall, if practicable, be recorded
25in such a way as will protect the recording from editing or
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1this subsection (q) shall be inventoried without unnecessary
2delay pursuant to the law enforcement agency's policies for
3inventorying evidence. The original recordings shall not be
4destroyed except upon an order of a court of competent
5jurisdiction; and
6    (r) Electronic recordings, including but not limited to,
7motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
8recording, made of a lineup under Section 107A-2 of the Code of
9Criminal Procedure of 1963.
10(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-846, eff. 1-1-13;
1197-897, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-1014, eff.
121-1-15.)
 
13    (720 ILCS 5/14-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-4)
14    Sec. 14-4. Sentence.
15    (a) Eavesdropping, for a first offense, is a Class 4 felony
16and, for a second or subsequent offense, is a Class 3 felony.
17    (b) The eavesdropping of an oral conversation or an
18electronic communication of between any law enforcement
19officer, State's Attorney, Assistant State's Attorney, the
20Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or a judge, while
21in the performance of his or her official duties, if not
22authorized by this Article or proper court order, is a Class 3
23felony, and for a second or subsequent offenses, is a Class 2
24felony 1 felony.
25(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-657, eff. 1-1-00.)
 

 

 

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1    (720 ILCS 5/14-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-5)
2    Sec. 14-5. Evidence inadmissible.
3    Any evidence obtained in violation of this Article is not
4admissible in any civil or criminal trial, or any
5administrative or legislative inquiry or proceeding, nor in any
6grand jury proceedings; provided, however, that so much of the
7contents of an alleged unlawfully intercepted, overheard or
8recorded conversation as is clearly relevant, as determined as
9a matter of law by the court in chambers, to the proof of such
10allegation may be admitted into evidence in any criminal trial
11or grand jury proceeding brought against any person charged
12with violating any provision of this Article. Nothing in this
13Section bars admission of evidence if all parties to the
14private conversation or private electronic communication
15consent to admission of the evidence.
16(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3198.)
 
17    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
18severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".